How so?
I started reading in January 1959 - my second year of school. I know it was that date because it was the first week of school (the school year started in Janauary) because in that week the teacher told us about books and libraries, and I immediately joined one.
In the afternoon, after school, I would fetch two books from the library and finish them. By the time I was 13 of 14, I had read through most the 19th century classics. I had also read a good deal of the many authors through the first half of the 20th century.
During the school vacation, I used to read two books in the monring and two books in the afternoon.
By the time, I was eleven, I switched to reading adult books. That was because we were mid-oceaan, and I had run out of kid books (Enid Blyiton, etc.) So my late father, gave me one of his. I was hooked. And that was the end of my childhood reading days.
After I left school, I could no longer spend that much time reading. So I was down to one book a day., and I kept that up for most of my life. When I retired 10 years ago, I started reading again. Unfortunately, libraries are no longer as well stocked as they used to be (not outside the States, anyway). And the web had arrived.
I discovered news sources from many, many nations. Some of my favorite publications included
The Washington Poast
The South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)
Russia Today (until it was removed from the web)
The Guardian (UK)
The Atlantic
Reuteres
Associated Press
The Daily Mail (Britsh)
The Independent (Britsh)
Der Spiegel (German)
France 24 (French)
The Cape Times (South African
African News (Africa)
WYON (India)
etc.
I also check out various magazines that specialize in science, psychologiy, read abstracts in various fields of research.
So, yes, of course, despite reading extensively, the conclusions I reach could still be wrong. However, I think it is far less likely than receiving information from the millions of people that receive their information of TV in the USA, from Facebook, and other social networks.
According to various studies I have read, only 5% of people read books regularly, and 54% of Americans cannot read a medical perscription. I also read a study in which it said that 95% of 4 year students in California couldn't write a grammatical sentence.
Will you please explain to me how not interacting with others might end with my having the wrong information.
For the record, when you use quotation marks on a word, it indicates that the word means the opposite. I thought you might like to know that.
